Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Happy Birthday, Margie and Bah! Humbug! Christmas Tree Challenge

Before I do anything, I want to wish my dear friend Margie (Bellabug) a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I'm thinkin she'll be asleep before I post this so she won't see it until tomorrow (March 31) which is the BIG DAY! Have the best birthday ever and win, win, WIN BIG at the casino WOOHOO!!!, don't get too tipsy, and stay away from pay per view. LOL Love you, girlfriend! Be sure to wish her a happy day.

Okay, so this week at Bah! Humbug! the challenge is Christmas trees. I wanted to do something different so I decided to do a 3D project. I'd been playing with the Stampin' Up Petal Cone die (thanks Lillie) and turned it upside down. It sort of reminded me of a tree and wondered if I stacked them how it would look. I embossed the cones with the Stampin' Up Elegant Lines folder and cut the scalloped portions of the die in red. I think the clean red and white looks kind of Scandanavian to me. (I'm half Swedish).

To stack the cones I cut circles with my Nesties that would fit inside the cones. This one for the top cone,

and this for the bottom. The base is a ribbon spool that has been covered in card stock, also with my Nesties and the trunk is just a rolled piece of regular copy paper. For a first try I don't think it turned out half bad. I think I'll be playing with this again.

Happy Birthday to Margie xxWOW Donna - you just blow me away with your wonderful ideas and I have to say this is one of the most spectacular trees I think I've ever seen! Thank you for showing how you put this together - it's amazing. Thank you for sharing with us at Bah! Humbug!

THANKS for the birthday shout out, Chickie! Looks like it's going to be another wild night at Foxwoods! As long as we don't have a repeat of the last visit, it should be a ton of fun! Not sure I can avoid the PPV though. LOL! Your tree is awesome! Love it in red and white and the embossing and layering turned out really cool! A tree challenge huh? I think I can handle that!

WOWZA - stunning project. This is so cool.Thanx for comment about my HDH project - yep I like to shake 'em up a bit now and again (insert fiendish cackle here ) I could still have dark blog where every now again one slips through into the light. hahahaha !!

You have been one busy lady! Wow! We are back from vacation and had a GREAT time! Even got a couple nights out with the hubby...but can't talk about that here! LOL!So I am just amazed with your projects..SO gorgeous, so creative...so creepy! LOL!Hope to see you soon babe..at this rate I'm keeping your Xmas gift for your birthday! hehe!

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About Me

I've always loved crafting, even as a little girl. My inspiration was my Daddy who was a wonderful artist and made beautiful 3-D Valentines for my teachers in grade school. Although I love all kinds of crafts I haven't had a real focus since abandoning counted cross stitch back in the 80's. Until I got my Cricut in 2008, that is. I've since expanded my horizons and found a new love in coloring both rubber and digi stamps with my Copics. Now I'm a blissfully retired card maker and papercrafter married 42 (!) years to a wonderful guy with two furbabies, Goliath and Jezebel. Everyday I look forward to dreaming up designs and playing in my craft room. I invite you to share in my adventures.